Friday morning Q&A from D.C.

The Nationals are back home from a 4-3 road trip that very easily could have been better than that. Remember, they lost Sunday's finale in Philadelphia on Jonathan Papelbon's blown save, then they lost what looked like a favorable matchup yesterday (Max Scherzer vs. Tom Koehler) in Miami.

Papelbon-Throws-Gray-Sidebar.jpgThat said, the Nats still return home with an 11-4 record, comfortably in first place in the NL East as the Twins come to town for a weekend interleague series. There are far worse positions to be in on April 22.

You've obviously got plenty of questions to ask about this team, though, and fortuantely I'm here to answer them as best I can. Submit them below in the comments section, and I'll answer them throughout the morning and early afternoon before I go quiet for Passover. (Byron Kerr has you covered at the ballpark tonight and tomorrow.) ...

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